"Any Deer" GMU's - Proof of Sex?

[DaNewb]

When hunting in an "Any Deer" GMU do you still have to retain proof of sex while transporting?

[Bob33]

I would say yes.

https://app.leg.wa.gov/wac/default.aspx?cite=220-413-090

(2) It is unlawful to possess or transport big game animals unless evidence of the sex of the animal remains naturally attached to the carcass until the carcass is processed and/or stored for consumption.
(a) Evidence of sex means the head with antlers or horns attached or penis or testes of male big game animals or the head or udder of female big game animals any of which must be naturally attached to at least one quarter of the carcass or to the largest portion of meat.
(b) For the purpose of this rule, "stored for consumption" means at the final point of storage prior to consumption of the meat.

[Ridgeratt]

I have heard that the game official have you take them back to the site of the kill.

[Tinmaniac]

Not sure why it would matter in an any deer unit.Any deer means male or female,antler points mean nothing.But Washington can f$@k up anything.

[Sitka_Blacktail]

Gonna be fun to find the largest piece of meat when they have to be boned out to transport.

[buglebuster]

Gonna be fun to find the largest piece of meat when they have to be boned out to transport.

I just bone a rear quarter out on one whole piece and if it’s a male, you only have to leave a few inches of the dick attached. Super easy. Females I leave part of the udder attached and that’s easy as well

[buglebuster]

Not sure why it would matter in an any deer unit.Any deer means male or female,antler points mean nothing.But Washington can f$@k up anything.

Once you leave the any deer unit, it’s going to matter if you get stopped. It’s a law that’s easy enough to follow. Saved our butts in Idaho once when the warden checked the cooler at camp. We almost didn’t leave it attached when we biked the elk out on the mountain, even with the head and antlers next to the cooler.